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=**Essential Question #3**= =**How are social identity, power, and academic literacy related?**=

Social identity, power, and academic literacy are all related. I strongly believe that you are defined by your level of education in this country. This is the primary reason why I think we need to push our students more than ever to persevere and achieve academic success. I chose to work with students in urban environments, because they are most at risk. These are the students who need to work the hardest to prove they are worthy of being respected, to prove they have something to say, to say it with conviction.

The way we speak plays an important role in how we are judged by society. What we write and how we write it, is also an important aspect of who we are. When we write something we are exposing ourselves to the world. We are putting a piece of ourselves out into the world to be judged. Today this is even easier to do via all the social media sites. We read things online everyday and pass judgement. This is why we must ourselves be weary of what we post and we must encourage our students to be careful how they present themselves to the world.

We want to be seen as intellectual people with something important to say. In order to accomplish this we must put some effort into how we are presenting ourselves both verbally and on paper or digitally. In order to become someone of importance you need to be able to articulate your thoughts in a manner that others will respect you. Education or academic literacy can give you power, when you can speak up and express yourself successfully you have power. You have power when you can deliver a speech in front of a group of people or when you can win an argument by defending your point of view. Being able to speak or write properly definitely can give you the upper hand in many situations.

Having or not having academic literacy also gives you your social identity. Those who are educated will be seen among an elite group, while those less educated are in a separate group. These are not real groups that are assigned, but they are groups that society has formed in their minds. When you come from certain schools all of the sudden you are a part of a different social group than those who may not have any schooling at all. Whether we like it or not, these social rankings do occur and we can fall short if we are not "literate." This can also impact the jobs you can get in the future or the clubs you can be accepted into.

Academic literacy is essential to being a respected member of society. If you can not convey a message clearly and concisely you may be seen as having less social rankings or not being literate enough. There is definitely a correlation between social identity, power, and academic literacy.

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